Wire-chain line.



sTArEs.y1/inriaNTvV OFFICE.

COLUMBUS inLLsMAaTiN, FOREST CITY, NORTH OAROL1NA- App1icaimineamy2, 19,04. sannita 209,983.' (Model.)

1 0I @ZZ whom'z't'mwy concern.' l Beit knownzthat I, COLUMBUS MILLS MAR- TIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at y, aForest City, in the county of Rutherford and State' of North Carolina, haveinvented a newiand useful Improvement in Wire-Chain ,f Lines, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates articularly to wirel chains to be used as clotlIies-lines. I

1o The object of my improvementis to pro- Ivide' a `clothes-line which may becheaplyk manufactured and which is adapted to con. venient folding and unfolding. and which 4is adapted to securelyhold clotheswithout the use of pins.

. In the'accompan ing'drawings, FigureY 1 is] a side view of a link7 and portions of two ad-v jacent .links of a chainclothesdine embody-` `ingmyim rovement. Fig. 2 is a detailview of one Oi t e hinge-joints of the line.

The line iscomposedof a series of con# nected links A A. Said links are joined to .nach oth.er l/by transverse '-J All' said Alinks are `-identicalin-eonstri1ction and arrangement. f s.`- s Eacl rlink consists of a transverse member or portion D, two equal longitudinal members C C, and two spirals E E, embracin the transverse Vportion D of the adjacent ink. The portion D is perpendicular to the axis of its link. .Each such link preferablyfconsis'ts of a single iece of wire.' The links may be formed ending astraightvpiece of wire'v "'"at' two points at o posite sides of and away 3 from the middle o the wire a distance equal to one-half the length of the portion D,I thel two bends'being" in the same direction and'at alpproximately right angles to thel portion of t e wire which is `-to become the portion AD and forming the ends of said wire into spirals directed towardeach other at approximately "right, angles to the members C C and referably on an axis parallel to the axis of t eportion D of the same link and closely surrounding the portion D of the adjacent linkA.

The spirals EE are preferably Aso formed as to cause the extreme ends F F of the two spi-` rals to meet or stand opposite each other in the same s iral line, as shown .inthe drawings, in or er that said ends may be tothe f least extent exposed and that the portion D may be to the greatest extent surroundedby said spirals.:

Sleification of Lettersj[Patentl between said members,

theportion D.relatively WIRE-CHAIN Lm-2.

' PatentedMarch 20,1906.

r yvjll beobservedthat the two s irals E E Y 7 together form atube surroundingt e ortion 55 D, and said portion may befregargle as the intl@V and the two s iralsiasihe knuckle of 'a iiinge u on which al jacentffinks A 'turn for the'fol mgof the chain. Each linkin theform shownin the drawings is loosely twisted 6o' byrrelativelyv turning the 'ends thereofone and one-half times on'the axis of the link. This may be accomplished by holding one of v said ends and turmnng the other.' Said end might be turned" o y v once around or it 6,5- mght be turned morethanone and-one-half.

timesg but turning it one and one-half times A lwhen the links are twelve inches\ long forms, "the members C'C into spirals engagingeach kother `in proper manner for satisfactbrduo holding the'ends or ed es of clothes drawn/2 y inserting them te ward the o posite end ofthe link.A By giving said lin full turns or exact half turns, the hingejoints remain. in common planes and 7 5 il ap rate foldingfancmdimrfashiomfBy-making H avv" long and directing the s irals .E E toward each otherthe members Care materially separated at each end of thelink, and thev twisting of the linkinclines them toward each other from the hin e` towatrd the middle of the link, whereby sald merrtners assume the form and nature o'fv .j bracci and impartstability tothe likfagd 8 5` f nprevent the movement of the links 'upon each other in any other direction than vthat for whichthe hingejointprovides. Thus the line is adapted to permanently maintainits form, although the links ymay not be composed oiheavy or highly-rigid wire. The links -do not become bent nor entangled. i i Furthermore, this arrangement leaves an opening at eachend of the link for the easy insertion of the end-s or edgesfof pieces of 95 clothing between the two members C C.

Obviously my improved chain line may be made of links-of various sizes and weights and may be put to various uses.`

I'claim as m invention* A chain l' e ormed of Wire links, each link consisting of a single wire com risinga transi Verse portion, D, two-longitu inal members, C, C, terminating in twospiral coils, E,'E, directed toward each other. on anaxis parallel to the transverse portion, D, of said link andv y K smsee in testimony Whereor` I have' signed my name to this specification in the presence of' tWo subscribing Witnesses. Y

COLUMBUS MILLS MARTN'. Witnesses G. P. REID, CHARLIE B. CROWELL. i 

